Alison Young

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Graffiti, Firenze #vivagaza

My current office, in one of the spaces for visiting fellows at the Scuola Normale Superiore in the Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze

So terrifying that this not made up.

The cafe/bar of my one of my favourite public libraries in the world, the Biblioteca Delle Oblate in Firenze.

Not sure that argument is going to deter Netanyahu much.

Waiting for the storm, Firenze (on a day of a national general strike).

Not only dreaming spires, but tagging ‘SPIRE’ #oxford

Library life:

I love me a nice library

In Oxford, far right nationalists on one side of the road, and anti-racism protesters on the other…Cops in the middle of the road.

"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."

BREAKING Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at 2026 Venice Biennale By Hannah Story

Huge news. This is a win for the artistic community who collectively rejected this racist censorship from the start and never let up - particularly Khaled’s peers who refused to take up the poisoned pavilion. Solidarity in action.

All too recognisable.

SMH article on the decline of Australian universities

2nd half of article on the decline of Australian universities

Depressingly accurate account of modern Australian #universities. Reform is long overdue #auspol

This San Francisco Bookstore Has Stopped Selling the ‘Harry Potter’ Series The announcement came with a curated list of alternatives to J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series.

"In an announcement (...) San Francisco bookstore The Booksmith said that it would no longer carry books by J.K. Rowling because of her ongoing support of anti-trans policies. Accompanying the post was a list of fantasy books that 'might fit the Harry Potter brief for you and yours.'"

I feel your pain! Hang in there 💪🏼

Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership Senior lecturer says staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangement

Whenever people ask me what I mean when I talk about the “neoliberal university”, I tell them about the giant Woodside Building on campus www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Read this. #freepalestine #ceasefire #sanctionsnow

I'm just a simple country conflict tracker but someone once told me attacking a neutral flagged civilian vessel in international waters was a grave crime against the international community that only Iran-backed Houthi terrorists would stoop to

No state has the right to block, attack, or harm passengers aboard an aid ship carrying vital humanitarian supplies—baby formula, rice, diapers, water kits, medical equipment, prosthetics. Doing so would constitute a war crime, one of many already committed by the state in question.

New ink

🚨 Important database of cases where lawyers were found to have used AI-hallucinated materials. Covers multiple jurisdictions, mostly anglophone systems.🚨

I'm going to try to write a thread to entice people to read this piece I published last night.

A series of disasters have hit Australian waters in the first half of this year, and I am terrified and offended by the fact that the losses being suffered are barely being spoken about.

You should be. 🧵

Broke my finger high-fiving my kid 🤣

Kaliane Bradley, sparkling and funny as she chats about The Ministry of Time, Melbourne Writers’ Festival #BookSky

Samantha Harvey, reading from Orbital, at the Melbourne Writers Festival #BookSky

The Night-Self Nightlife spaces are, to borrow Durkheim’s term, socially and sexually effervescent places. The environment, often loud and electric, offers ‘possibilities of pleasure, excess and gratification” (M…

Here it is!! The first in a series from new voices. Chloe Young of Edinburgh Uni discussing her #research on #women in the #Nighttime economy for #sensory #criminology: sensorycriminology.com/2025/05/12/t...

Ugh.

Just throwing this out there but is Tixel a scam? I sold two concert tix through the site and they’re now claiming there’s an error in my account and payment can’t be made, and there’s no way of emailing them and only a bot to answer queries… #tixel